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You May Be Surprised by the Type of American Who is Postponing Basic Health Care During the Pandemic
There’s more than one way to get sick during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can contract the virus, of course, as more than 28 million Americans already have. Or you can dodge the disease but still suffer from the disruption caused by quarantines and social distancing, if they lead you to neglect routine health care. That, a new TIME-Harris Poll survey shows, is just what too many of us are doing. ( function() { var func = function() { var iframe = document.getElementById('wpcom-iframe-15f249b5273bbd9b00ac5da4e954d4a6') if ( iframe ) { iframe.onload = function() { iframe.contentWindow.postMe...
Source: TIME: Health - February 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Organization of mental healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Conclusions: During the COVID-19 pandemic in BH, all psychiatric services functioned on a reduced scale, adhering to measures to protect and self-protect staff and service users. All patients who asked for help have been adequately treated in direct inpatient or outpatient mental healthcare or online, despite telepsychiatric services not being recognized in health system in BH. There were neither infected patients nor staff with COVID-19 in the psychiatric institutions who responded in this research. A large-scale, multicenter study needs to be performed to get a broader picture and to guide us for future better service pl...
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - November 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research

Is Now a Good Time to Try Telehealth or Online Therapy?
With the novel coronavirus ravaging the world and physical (not social!) distancing the norm in public spaces, a lot of people are turning to online services. For most, this includes increasing their use of social networks and social gaming. But it can also mean making better use of treatment tools readily available. Two of those online tools include telehealth (or telemedicine) and online therapy. Both have been around for decades, but are experiencing a surge in popularity and use, due to the stay-at-home requirements imposed across the nation. Should you give telehealth or online therapy a try right now? In a word, yes....
Source: World of Psychology - April 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Psychotherapy Technology Treatment coronavirus covid19 Online Therapy Telehealth telemedicine Source Type: blogs

Psychology Around the Net: February 8, 2020
This article offers tips for those struggling with severe health anxiety. The Environmental Burden of Generation Z: Kids today are terrified, anxious and depressed about climate change. In this article, the author discusses why this is so: “As climate change continues unabated, parents, teachers and medical professionals across the country find themselves face-to-face with a quandary: How do you raise a generation to look toward the future with hope when all around them swirls a message of apparent hopelessness?” Students Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy: In this article, the author expresses ho...
Source: World of Psychology - February 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Traci Pedersen Tags: Anxiety and Panic Children and Teens College Depression Disorders General Green and Environment Mental Health and Wellness OCD Policy and Advocacy Professional Psychiatry Psychology Psychology Around the Net Psychotherapy Stu Source Type: blogs